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    Nephrology Grand Grounds: Clinical issues of nephrology

    Article in Journal of Human Hypertension · May 1999


    DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1000812

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    Journal of Human Hypertension (1999) 13, 355
     1999 Stockton Press. All rights reserved 0950-9240/99 $12.00
    http://www.stockton-press.co.uk/jhh

    BOOK REVIEW

    Nephrology Grand Grounds: The current volume addresses and finally Dr Locatelli describes
    Clinical issues of nephrology nine important areas of clinical morbidity and mortality of
    Edited by M Zeier and E Ritz nephrology. The aetiology, detec- patients on maintenance haemo-
    Karger AG, Switzerland, $200 tion and treatment of coronary dialysis.
    ISBN 3-8055-6718-9 artery disease in patients with All in all, this book brings
    end stage renal failure is dis- together many important views. It
    As the field of clinical nephrology cussed in detail recognising the will help many renal physicians
    becomes increasingly diverse, it is to absorb important facts from the
    very high incidence of this dis-
    impossible for any individual to current literature. All of the art-
    ease in uraemic patients. Four
    keep up to date in all areas. Up to icles have in fact been published
    chapters concern themselves with
    date expert reviews of individual in the journal Nephron and have
    renal transplantation. Two dis-
    areas are therefore essential for appeared between 1996 and 1998.
    those involved in the care of renal cussed the results of clinical trials
    and potential role of the two It may well therefore be that sub-
    patients to practice current evi- scribers to this journal will have
    dent-based medicine. The editors new immunosuppressive agents,
    Mycophenolate Mofitil and Tac- already been lucky enough to
    of the present volume of ‘Neph- catch sight of these chapters. The
    rology Grand Rounds’ organised a rolimus, in kidney transplan-
    tation. Two further chapters book is somewhat generously
    series of conferences at the renal priced around $200 US dollars. I
    unit in Heidelberg. Each chapter address important complications
    following transplantation, namely am sure that any medical library
    in this book represents the pro- would find this book to be exten-
    ceedings of one of these sessions. bacterial infection and hyperten-
    sively borrowed, although I sus-
    They are organised in a standard sion. As the average age of the
    pect the individual subscriber
    format starting with one or more dialysis population increases, Dr
    may be put off a little by the cost.
    clinical case presentations, fol- Davison from the UK address fea-
    lowed by an expert review of the tures specific to renal disease in G Lipkin
    experimental and clinical litera- elderly patients. Department of Nephrology
    ture. Then follows an enlight- New aspects underlying the The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    ening discussion in which vari- pathogenesis and treatment of Edgbaston
    ous aspects are debated. acute renal failure are examined Birmingham B15 2TH, UK

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